Vijayawada: In a gruesome incident, a man murdered his wife and buried the body in the backyard of his house at Vambay colony in Singh Nagar here....

Vijayawada: In a gruesome incident, a man murdered his wife and buried the body in the backyard of his house at Vambay colony in Singh Nagar here. Police here today said that the accused Durga Prasad used to harass his wife Mariyamma (35). The accused developed illicit contact with another woman in Gudivada. Two months ago. he strangulated Mariyamma and buried the body in the backyard of his apartment complex. He told her parents that he shifted his family to Gudivada town. On the suspicion on his behaviour, the mother of the deceased lodged a police complaint. The police arrested the accused and during interrogation, he confessed that he killed his wife and buried the body in the backyard. The body would be exhumed tomorrow, police said.